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The author questions whether NearlyFreeSpeech.NET is anti-AI while discussing the ethical implications and personal experiences with generative AI technologies.
The blog post discusses the rollout of automatic TLS for member sites by Let's Encrypt and highlights its usefulness for private web servers, home automation, and other devices that require HTTPS but are not publicly accessible. I...
The blog post addresses the recent restrictions on legal adult content imposed by Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal on platforms like Steam and Itch.io, highlighting the impact on queer creators. The author emphasizes their commitment ...
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET has updated its Terms and Conditions of Service to include a new 'Forced Assistance For Obstinance' policy. The policy covers situations when members need help but actively prevent the company from helping the...
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET is rolling out new automatic TLS infrastructure that does not require members to set up or maintain anything. This means that, for new sites, aliases will get TLS automatically within a few minutes after they ...
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET announces small updates including a new server type called 'The Kitchen Sink' that includes support for Apache, native PHP support, CGI, and custom daemons and proxies. They also updated their member forum to ...
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET is migrating to all-new equipment and upgraded network infrastructure. They are replacing Intel Xeon servers with AMD Epyc servers and migrating file storage from SATA SSDs to NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSDs. The content w...
The blog post explains the absence of the 2023Q2 upgrade and the decision to skip it due to issues with the software build. It also mentions the transition to 2023Q3 for non-production sites and the need to update from PHP 7.4 to ...
The NearlyFreeSpeech.NET domain was registered on January 18, 2002, and the company is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The post includes congratulatory comments from long-term customers, some of whom have been with the service f...
The text discusses the concept of free speech and the misconceptions surrounding it, particularly in the context of recent events. It emphasizes that free speech does not mean freedom from consequences and outlines the hosting pol...
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET is planning core system upgrades over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the lowest-usage days of the year, to minimize disruptions to affected sites. The upgrades relate mostly to file servers and core database...
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill called FOSTA, intended to fight sex trafficking, but experts believe it will make things worse for sex workers. The bill also proposes to override section 230 of the Communications...
The post discusses significant pricing updates coming soon for NearlyFreeSpeech.NET. The changes are due to the escalating cost and threat of DDOS attacks, and the need to move towards ICANN accreditation. The changes include the ...
The blog post discusses new features and enhancements to the TLS, HTTP/2, automatic gzip compression, major access control list improvements, shared IP blacklists, websockets support, and wildcard aliases. It also mentions that mo...